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Democracy and Communism are not mutually exclusive. The idea that communism is the opposite of democracy is the result of a lot of propaganda which seeks to convince us that un-regulated Capitalism is the only economic policy a true Democracy can ever have.

Democracy and totalitarianism are mutually exclusive, so totalitarian communism is un-Democratic.

On the other hand, Democratic Socialism is a democratic victory for a set of economic policies - socialism.